Geoffrey Klempner

Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

About Geoffrey Klempner

I am a philosopher interested in photography. Back in the early 1970s I worked for Chard Jenkins, the advertising photographer who discovered the James Bond star George Lazenby. I attended evening classes in photojournalism under the Jorge Lewinski at the London College of Printing (now London College of Communication). I worked briefly as a stringer for the Fleet Street agency Barratts Photo-Press, and photographed the film star Olivia de Havilland and Sonja Kristina of the rock band Curved Air. After gaining my doctorate in Philosophy in 1982, I continued my interest in photography. In 2007, I was invited to give a presentation at George Watson College, Edinburgh on 'Metaphysics of the Photograph'. In 2016, my photo-series 'Sheffield Lanes' was included in 'Bourn', at the Stryx Gallery, Birmingham. I continue to explore the interface between photographic image making and philosophy, and welcome dialogue with other philosophers interested in the medium of photography.

Education:

BA Philosophy Birkbeck College London 1976

D.Phil Philosophy University College Oxford 1982

Events:

2007 Presentation 'Metaphysics of Photograph' at George Watson College, Edinburgh

http://klempner.freeshell.org/articles/photograph.html

Exhibitions:

2016 Bourn mixed exhibition of UK based artists at the Stryx Gallery, Birmingham

http://stryx.co.uk/BOURN